The United Nations Resident Coordinator to Ghana, Charles Abani, has accentuated the importance of the private sector in scaling-up efforts toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
A few years into its implementation, it is apparent there exists a huge SDG financing gap. For instance, in Ghana’s case the gap...
The Next Generation Investigation Journalism Fellowship (NGIJ), an initiative of Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), which began on September 4, 2023, has concluded with the graduation of all ten fellows following three months of training to cover financial crimes in Ghana and around the world.
The training, which aims...
A US$10million National Aquaculture Centre and Commercial Farms facility has been inaugurated to augment domestic production and reduce fish imports.
The Centre is expected to provide training and start-up support to 300 aquaculture entrepreneurs, as well as produce 50,000 metric tonnes of fish within five years.
The farmwhich operates under the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Director-General of State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) to work with the Auditor-General into the causes of the infractions cited in the latest report, identify persons responsible and make the necessary recommendations as prescribed by law.
According to President Akufo-Addo, the 2021...
Thanks to the internet and social media platforms, work is still on going for many institutions and organisations in the midst of the worldwide lockdown following the COVID 19 pandemic. The lockdown has been necessitated by the nature of its spread from person to person at a very close...
Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle, has called for a new and better approach to dealing with local level mining in the country.
“The old approach has not stopped illegal mining activities and destruction of the environment, especially water-bodies – which is having negative effects on...
Liam Byrne (MP), Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Inclusive Growth and a member of the House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee, has congratulated Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, for his lead role in setting up the Parliamentary Network on the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Deputy Minister of Transport, Hassan Tampuli, has backed the request of Ghana Airport Company (GACL) to have its user fees and services reviewed upward to enable them undertake proper maintenance service in the new airports that are springing up across the country.
The government of Ghana is committed to improving...
Ghana has at the end of third-quarter this year recorded a total 9,769 contacts of which 431 were actual cybersecurity incidents, acting Director General of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA), Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, has revealed.
Of the total number, 5,389 of the attacks are classified as direct advisories, a situation...
MTN Ghana Foundation, together with its employee volunteers, has presented 500 hampers to babies born during Christmas across the country.
The hampers, each comprising blankets, diapers, wipes, towels, shawls, bibs, softeners, toiletries, clothes and other baby essentials, were distributed to mothers who delivered in 30 hospitals in 16 regions. In...